Matcha (green tea powder) can add great flavor and color to many sweets. When you want to make green cookies, try making matcha flacored cookies.
Ingredients:
- 1 cup butter
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1/2 large egg, beaten
- 1 Tbsp matcha green tea powder
- 2 1/2 cup flour
Preparation:
1. Cream butter in a large bowl.
2. Add sugar and mix well.
3. Next, add egg and mix well.
4. Sift flour and green tea powder together.
5. Add it in the dough and mix lightly.
6. Wrap the dough with plastic wrap and refrigerate for about 30 minutes.
7. Preheat the oven to 340 degrees F/ 171 degrees Celsius.
8. Roll the dough on floured board into 1/4 inch thick and cut out cookies.
9. Place cookies on a lined baking pan. Bake cookies in the oven for about 10-15 minutes.
Review and variation:
1. Use self raising flour instead of plain flour in this recipe because I prefer softer cookies to hard ones and the cookies turned out great!
2. Use 2 tablespoons of matcha powder instead of 1.
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Ingredients:
2 cups bleached all purpose flour
1 -2 tablespoon green tea powder (matcha -- See Note 1)
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup butter (unsalted at room temperature -- See Note 2)
1/2 cup powdered sugar (more if your tea is very intense)
1 -2 tablespoon green tea powder (matcha -- See Note 1)
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup butter (unsalted at room temperature -- See Note 2)
1/2 cup powdered sugar (more if your tea is very intense)
Directions:
1. Sift the flour, powdered tea and salt into a bowl.
2. In a mixer bowl, beat butter and powdered sugar until fluffy.
3. Add flour mixture to mixer bowl and mix slowly until dough just comes together.
4. Pull dough together carefully in a log, approximately 2 inches in diameter.
5. Wrap dough log and place in freezer for 30 minutes or until dough has firmed to the touch.
6. Slice dough into 1/4 inch rounds and place on a parchment or Silpat lined cookie sheet, approximately 1 inch apart.
7. Bake in a preheated 325 degree F / 162 degree Celsius oven for 16 to 18 minutes (or until the cookies are just starting to turn golden around the edges), turning the pan halfway through the baking time.
8. Remove cookies immediately from the cookie sheet and cool on a wire rack.
9. Store in an airtight container or wrap well and freeze.
10. The well-chilled cookie dough can also be rolled out and cut into desired shapes before baking.
11. NOTE 1-- powdered green tea is not merely green tea that has been pulverized in a food processor or food mill, it's a special kind of tea that has been prepared to dissolve nicely.
12. NOTE 2-- don't use the microwave to soften the butter, room temperature butter is the correct consistency for this recipe.
1. Sift the flour, powdered tea and salt into a bowl.
2. In a mixer bowl, beat butter and powdered sugar until fluffy.
3. Add flour mixture to mixer bowl and mix slowly until dough just comes together.
4. Pull dough together carefully in a log, approximately 2 inches in diameter.
5. Wrap dough log and place in freezer for 30 minutes or until dough has firmed to the touch.
6. Slice dough into 1/4 inch rounds and place on a parchment or Silpat lined cookie sheet, approximately 1 inch apart.
7. Bake in a preheated 325 degree F / 162 degree Celsius oven for 16 to 18 minutes (or until the cookies are just starting to turn golden around the edges), turning the pan halfway through the baking time.
8. Remove cookies immediately from the cookie sheet and cool on a wire rack.
9. Store in an airtight container or wrap well and freeze.
10. The well-chilled cookie dough can also be rolled out and cut into desired shapes before baking.
11. NOTE 1-- powdered green tea is not merely green tea that has been pulverized in a food processor or food mill, it's a special kind of tea that has been prepared to dissolve nicely.
12. NOTE 2-- don't use the microwave to soften the butter, room temperature butter is the correct consistency for this recipe.
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